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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 09, 1940
Page
8
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Moffat at Guelph General Hospital on Wednesday 8 1940 a son. John Brown husband of the late Fannie Moore died at home Lot 32 Concession 1 Exsquesing Township on Monday 6 1940 in his 88th year.
Sunday services will honor mothers with flower tributes and special attention. Ads invite readers to consult before shopping as spring tasks begin. Victoria Day nears with summer holidays in view and gardens promise progress later. Mill Street crossing timbers are being renewed. The Public Library in Toronto secured copies of Acton's Early Days. The Y M C A War Service Fund seeks support at local banks. The Post Office fountain resumes service as work drains from Church Street to Mill Street. Ajax Engineering staff observed a radio tower project for CKCL in Scarboro. Ottawa reports tax receipts at 66 million dollars since April 30, about 14 million more than last year. A new steel culvert was left ready for installation beside The Free Press Office. A group photo from Petrol Company Workshops, 1st Division, C A 8F, appeared in The Free Press window. Chick Purdy, now overseas, is pictured and the English climate suits him.
A collection of Irish anecdotes captions famous bulls and witty mishearings. Jokes cover a farmer’s remark on cows and bulls, an MP’s warning, a patriot’s line on native land, a Dublin missing man description, a curate’s sober quip, a banker’s depositor advice, and a landlord’s trespass notice.
Algae in reservoirs threaten water quality with odor and taste. measures include copper sulfate. The Free Press correspondent shares farm life notes from Tyrell Township Tyranie mining town near Gowganda. mentions Tyranite ore, a new cheese factory, and local schooling with Miss Audrey Leary. Reports on weather, cattle, seed supply, and transport challenges along distant roads.
The Rev. Maurice Henry Edwards former Royal Navy chaplain is shown after taking over as Chaplain-in-Chief to the Royal Air Force recently.
After illness of several months Cecelia Langan Treanor died at her King Street home on Tuesday April 30. She was born in Georgetown and educated at the Public and High Schools there. A de Nout member of Holy Cross Church she served as organist and Sunday School teacher in years past. Survived by husband Thomas Treanor five daughters Margaret Kathleen Alice Eleamor and Marton and five sisters Mrs Wm Arnold Miss Alicia Langan Mrs F N Galloway Miss Elizabeth Langan and Miss May Langan. Funeral Friday from her residence to Holy Cross Church with Requiem High Mass and Responses. Interment Greenwood Cemetery Georgetown Herald.
English bell founders forge new carillons as war silences chimes and ships three large bells to Phaneromeni Cyprus. Despite tariffs, British bells remain in demand overseas with a few families guarding tuning secrets and famed English change ringing taught to Canadian and American campanologists.
A survey notes bathtubs cause far fewer injuries than stairs and trips. Among 40,506 home accident claims from a major insurer only 1,212 involved bathtubs or showers, about 3.3 percent.
During the war officers of non mobilized units in the Non permanent Active Militia will stop wearing medals and orders while ribbons may remain torn with service or battle dress. The policy is a wartime measure affecting insignia and presentation standards for non mobilized units.
Samuel Harden Church head of the Carnegie Institute leads a Pittsburgh group offering one million dollars for Adolf Hitler. The plan requires Hitler be delivered to the League of Nations in May alive and unharmed for trial on crimes against peace and dignity of Goa.
The Local Board reports no new communicable diseases as of May 4 and warns owners to clean unsanitary properties by May 20. Failing this, costs will be charged to owners. The town maintains a payed dump at F Cooper farm for disposal of refuse with strict rules and no trespassing signs.
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